Impressions of France from a local, and three composers admiring from afar.
RUTH GIPPS Seascape (1958)
An evocative, meditative portrait of the waves of the English channel by one of Britain’s greatest 20th century composers.
THEODORE GOUVY Suite Gauloise (1888)
Shifting borders left Theodore Gouvy with an identity crisis. German? Danish? French? In this suite of dances he pays homage to his French musical heritage.
ROBERT SPITTAL Consort - II. Aubade (2005)
A meditation on a desire for world peace, told through an old French dance form - the Aubade.
ADAM GORB French Dances Revisited (2004)
More than 100 years after Gouvy, British composer Adam Gorb borrows from the same classic French dance forms to create this work, based on music by J.S. Bach.